*'''''[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=dry+storeroom+no Dry Storeroom No. 1: the Secret Life of the Natural History Museum]''''': by Richard Fortey

*'''''[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=dry+storeroom+no Dry Storeroom No. 1: the Secret Life of the Natural History Museum]''''': by Richard Fortey

:Entertaining for its anecdotes of eccentric scientists, odd creatures, and adventurous expeditions, the book also provides a solid picture of the importance of taxonomy in science, and how it is changing with new techniques. This is a grown-up version of ''From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil Frankenweiler''.

:Entertaining for its anecdotes of eccentric scientists, odd creatures, and adventurous expeditions, the book also provides a solid picture of the importance of taxonomy in science, and how it is changing with new techniques. This is a grown-up version of ''From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil Frankenweiler''.

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*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?flatterland+like+flatland+only+more+so '''''Flatterland: Like Flatland, Only More So'''''] by Ian Stewart

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:What it would be like living in an unusual space often serves authors well. Arthur Clarke's [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?rendezvous+with+rama ''Rendezvous with Rama''] imagines existence in a huge cylinder where "up" is toward the center, and two of the cardinal directions run straight while two run in a curve. Ian Stewart builds on Edwin Abbot's classic [[wp:Flatland|Flatland]], which, by analogy with a two-dimensional world, imagined what life might be like in more than three dimensions. Abbott also had social issues in mind. Stewart's book presents a series of worlds in much weirder, non-Euclidean geometries, and in which women's social status has been completely transformed. The book combines real geometric understanding, humor, and progressive social commentary.

Entertaining for its anecdotes of eccentric scientists, odd creatures, and adventurous expeditions, the book also provides a solid picture of the importance of taxonomy in science, and how it is changing with new techniques. This is a grown-up version of From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil Frankenweiler.

What it would be like living in an unusual space often serves authors well. Arthur Clarke's Rendezvous with Rama imagines existence in a huge cylinder where "up" is toward the center, and two of the cardinal directions run straight while two run in a curve. Ian Stewart builds on Edwin Abbot's classic Flatland, which, by analogy with a two-dimensional world, imagined what life might be like in more than three dimensions. Abbott also had social issues in mind. Stewart's book presents a series of worlds in much weirder, non-Euclidean geometries, and in which women's social status has been completely transformed. The book combines real geometric understanding, humor, and progressive social commentary.